 Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, agreed to begin a unified struggle to depose President General Pervez Musharraf, after a long meeting in Jeddah on Wednesday. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz sources told Daily Times that it was a somewhat volatile meeting during which Sharif adopted an aggressive stance. MNA Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was present at the meeting and MNA Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, Fazl's right hand man, joined them at the dining table after the meeting. Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the chief of the Muttahida Majlis e Amal (MMA), had called on Sharif on Tuesday. "Sharif accused Fazl of giving the government a safe exit in critical situations and pointed out that Qazi had adopted a sterner posture against the rulers while Fazl had a soft corner for them," said the insiders. They quoted Sharif, "The reason for your soft stance against the government is that you want to save your Opposition leadership in the National Assembly and in the provincial governments of NWFP and Balochistan." |